Curlers

... apparently the rage... saw the girls strut about in massive heads of curlers... obviously too much Eastenders/ Coronation Street

Newcastle upon Tyne

September 21st 2017
Meeting the sister of my friend Dorothy was quite an accomplishment. Rita's son arranged email contact. Rita found me on the proper coach. The woman next to me offerd to move so Rita could sit with me but when she saw that Rita could only find a backward facing seat the woman rescinded. We went to the infamous hotel by taxi. That's a first for me! Because check in was not unti 11.00 we had t ... read more

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28th September 2017

sarah
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curlers!
that is such an amazing photo. I wish I could share it. I wonder how many women; 1, could carry it off so well, 2, can really be sucked in by images from the media to 3, spend all that time and energy on such artifice ...?

Barb Empey
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Dear Barbara, thank you again for a very interesting blog. As usual the pictures are amazing. I'm happy to here that you have recuperated from your bout of the runs. They say rice is good option. I'm surprised that you could eat the pickles on your plate without further consequences. I find that the acidity just aggravates the condition more. I will be googling "Jacob sheep". That is fascinating. Hopefully, you could get your hands on some fleece in the USA to make that sweater. Take care. Muchos abrazos. Barb E

smatlanek
Barbara Smatlanek

its hard to find rice .. unless you sit down in a restaurant and order a whole meal ... when I travel I tend to eat food from the grocery store.... who knows what will come on your plate and then there is the higher cost... thanks for thinking for me ..

Hi again, I just googled Jacob sheep and found out that they are bred in Canada as well. The closes place to us is Carleton, Ontario. There is also a link to a wool shop. Here's the link: http://www.wool.ca/Jacob_Sheep

Than you Thank you Thankyou... will get ontothat ...want to spin the woolso that the black and white happen randomly... am thim=nking this woudl be a good looking project

at least in the fifties the women put a kerchief on their head over the curlers.... but the girls I saw on the street ...three of them at the railroad station just had the cu ...big fat curlers on their heads and then tights...which are not pants!

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